01-Sep-2016 - 10-Sep-2016
IUCN World Conservation Congress
Held once every four years, the IUCN World Conservation Congress brings together several thousand leaders and decision-makers from government, ...

18-Jul-2016 - 01-Aug-2016
BASEhabitat International Summer School
BASEhabitat, the partener of UNESCO Chair of Earthen Architecture, is a Studio within the Department Architecture at the University of Art and ...

Sunday, 10 July 2016
Orientation Session for Committee Members
At the request of a number of Members of the World Heritage Committee, an Orientation Session for members of the Committee is organized to allow ...

28-Apr-2016 - 04-May-2016
World Heritage Youth Forum (2016) Africa
This forum will address young people and seek to provide a sustainable platform for youth in Africa that could increase the involvement of youth ...

11-Jan-2016 - 07-Feb-2016
IUCN - Nominate your Heritage Hero!
Do you know someone who is doing outstanding conservation work for a natural World Heritage site? Would you like to see this person recognised ...

18-Nov-2015 - 20-Nov-2015
20th General Assembly of States Parties
The 20th session of the General Assembly will take place on 19th November 2015 (am) in Room XII and on 18th (pm) and 20th November 2015 in Room ...

29-Oct-2015 - 30-Oct-2015
World Heritage High Seas Expert Meeting
The World Heritage Marine Programme, in cooperation with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), is actively exploring how the ...

07-May-2015 - 08-May-2015
Cuenca HUL Application Visionary Conference
Within the context of the HUL application in Cuenca (Ecuador), a Visionary Conference will take place lead by the Municipality of Cuenca, the ...

04-Dec-2014 - 06-Dec-2014
5th HERITY International Conference
Services for Culture: a visit of qualityPolicies, best practices and experiences in managing services for the public at heritage sites.
The ...

13-Oct-2014 - 24-Oct-2014
Course on Heritage Impact Assessments
The World Heritage Institute of Training and Research for the Asia and the Pacific Region (WHITRAP), the International Centre for the Study of ...

01-Oct-2014 - 29-Aug-2014
Master in Conservation Leadership 2014
This course is a full-time, one-year Masters, aimed at graduates of leadership potential with at least three to five years of experience relevant ...

Sunday, 22 June 2014
World Heritage Capacity-Building in Europe
On the occasion of the 38th session of the World Heritage Committee, the Europe and North America Unit and ICCROM organised a side-event on the ...

20-May-2014 - 21-May-2014
Third meeting of Open-Ended Working Group
At its 19th session (UNESCO, 2013), the General Assembly of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention decided (Resolution 19 GA 4) to fully ...

20-Mar-2014 - 21-Mar-2014
Second meeting of Open-Ended Working Group
At its 19th session (UNESCO, 2013), the General Assembly of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention decided (Resolution 19 GA 4) to fully ...

Friday, 31 January 2014
Deadline for reception of nominations
As this year 1 February falls on a weekend, nominations, additional information concerning pending referrals and minor boundary modifications ...

23-Jan-2014 - 24-Jan-2014
First meeting of Open-Ended Working Group
At its 19th session (UNESCO, 2013), the General Assembly of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention decided (Resolution 19 GA 4) to fully ...

10-Dec-2013 - 11-Dec-2013
12th Bamiyan Expert Working Group Meeting
The 12th Expert Working Group Meeting on the Safeguarding of the Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley, Afghanistan ...

27-Nov-2013 - 30-Nov-2013
Pacific World Heritage Workshop
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre and UNESCO Office in Apia, in cooperation with the Department of National Heritage, Culture and Arts of the ...

Thursday, 10 October 2013
ICOMOS Annual Scientific Symposium 2013
Reducing Risks to Cultural Heritage from Uncontrolled Development in a Globalised World.
In the framework of a globalised world enhanced by the ...

09-Sep-2013 - 13-Sep-2013
Pamana: World Heritage in the Philippines
The values and diversity of the Philippine people are revealed through this exhibit of five sites inscribed on the World Heritage List. Baroque ...

03-Sep-2013 - 13-Sep-2013
Poland for World Heritage : Exhibition
The Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines and the Historic Centre of Krakow are among the first twelve sites inscribed on the World Heritage ...

11-May-2013 - 12-May-2013
The World Migratory Bird Day 2013
World Migratory Bird Day was initiated in 2006 and is an annual awareness-raising campaign highlighting the need for the protection of migratory ...

11-Mar-2013 - 15-Mar-2013
Capacity-building Workshop for Cook Islands
Within the framework of the Japanese Funds-in-Trust project "Capacity Building to Support the Conservation of World Heritage Sites and Enhance ...

04-Mar-2013 - 07-Mar-2013
Capacity-building Workshop for Niue
Within the framework of the Japanese Funds-in-Trust project "Capacity Building to Support the Conservation of World Heritage Sites and Enhance ...

19-Sep-2012 - 21-Sep-2012
The International Protection of Landscapes
A global assessment on the occasion of the 40th Anniversary of the World Heritage Convention and to promote the UNESCO International Traditional ...

06-Sep-2012 - 15-Sep-2012
IUCN World Conservation Congress
The IUCN World Conservation Congress is the world's largest and most important conservation event. Held every four years, it aims to improve how ...

27-Jun-2012 - 29-Jun-2012
The UNESCO 2012 Youth Summit
The Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site is proud to host the UNESCO Youth Summit on the 27th, 28th and 29th of June 2012. Summer 2012 will be ...

15-Jun-2012 - 17-Jun-2012
40th anniversary events in the Netherlands
On the occasion of the 40th anniversary World Heritage Convention The Dutch government, the Dutch World heritage sites and the Netherlands ...

10-Jun-2012 - 20-Jun-2012
4th World Heritage Youth Forum
The 4th World Heritage Youth Forum focusing on the implementation of the World Heritage Convention was held from 10 to 20 June 2012 in ...

01-Jun-2012 - 30-Jun-2012
40th anniversary - 20 activities in Spain
Since the beginning of the 2012 year, the Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport have been coordinating all the Spanish activities in ...

12-May-2012 - 13-May-2012
World Migratory Bird Day 2012
Each year on the second weekend in May, dedicated people and organizations plan World Migratory Bird Day events to celebrate migrating birds in ...

26-Apr-2012 - 28-Apr-2012
Qhapaq Ñan Harmonisation Meeting
Thanks to the generous invitation of the Government of the Plurinational State of Bolivia Ministry of Cultures, the 8th International Meeting of ...

24-Apr-2012 - 26-Apr-2012
4th Iberian Meeting of Site Managers
The fourth Iberian Meeting of Site Managers, in the framework of the 40th anniversary of the Convention is dedicated to "World Heritage and ...

01-Apr-2012 - 30-Sep-2012
World Heritage Volunteers 2012
In celebration of the 40th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, the World Heritage Volunteers 2012, 'Beyond territories and boundaries', ...

20-Feb-2012 - 24-Feb-2012
Capacity Building workshop for Tonga
Within the framework of the Japanese Funds-in-Trust project "Capacity Building to Support the Conservation of World Heritage Sites and Enhance ...

05-Sep-2011 - 09-Sep-2011
Pacific Regional World Heritage Workshop
A Pacific Regional World Heritage Workshop will be organized by UNESCO World Heritage Centre in cooperation with the Ministry of Natural ...

19-Jun-2011 - 29-Jun-2011
World Heritage Marine Programme Side Event
On 24 June 2011, the World Heritage Marine Programme hosted a special evening event dedicated to the cause of conserving marine World Heritage ...

13-May-2011 - 15-May-2011
World Rock Art Archives to meet in Tanum
The World Rock Art Archive Working Group will meet in Tanum, Sweden, from 13 to 15 May 2011 to approve the base metadata model of the World Rock ...

26-Nov-2009 - 28-Nov-2009
Periodic Reproting LAC: 2nd Cycle
The Buenos Aires meeting was the first meeting organized and 46 representatives from 24 countries in the Region took part, in addition to the ...

02-Nov-2009 - 07-Nov-2009
Pacific Islands World Heritage Workshop 2009
A Pacific Islands World Heritage Workshop was held in Maupiti (French Polynesia) from 2 to 7 November 2009. The workshop served as a follow-up of ...

23-Oct-2009 - 28-Oct-2009
17th General Assembly of States Parties
The 17th session of the General Assembly will take place at UNESCO Headquarters, Room XII and II, from 23 to 28 October 2009.
Opening of the ...

Sunday, 21 June 2009
Orientation Session for Committee Members
Provisional Programme
Part 1:Welcome (14:30 - 14:35)
Session 1.1: Welcome by the Chairperson of the World Heritage Committee
Part 2:Statement ...

03-Nov-2008 - 04-Nov-2008
Prehistory and the World Heritage Convention
The World Heritage Centre organized an International Expert Meeting, Prehistory and the World Heritage Convention: Towards an Action Plan and the ...

16-Sep-2008 - 19-Sep-2008
10th International DoCoMoMo Conference
From 16 to 19 September 2008 the tenth International DoCoMoMo Conference, also celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the organization, ...

Monday, 12 November 2007
3rd ad hoc meeting of experts on Babylon
Following the request of Iraq's Ministry of Culture, a working group for the archaeological site of Babylon was created in June 2005. Its aim ...

18-Jun-2007 - 06-Jul-2007
Reducing Risks to Collections 2007
ICCROM, the Canadian Conservation Institute and the Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage are pleased to announce the 2007 session of the ...

Thursday, 31 May 2007
Torch-Run Concert for World Heritage
In celebration of the 1300th anniversary of the ancient capital of Nara Heijo-Jyo, Japan, in 2010, and in the framework of events called ...

30-May-2007 - 01-Jun-2007
4th ICOMOS Regional Asia Pacific Meeting
4th ICOMOS Regional Asia Pacific Meeting will be held in Seoul, Republic of Korea, at the invitation of ICOMOS Korea with support by the Korean ...